Automatic simplification of Darcy's equations with pressure dependent permeability

Ahusborde, Etienne; Azaïez, Mejdi; Ben Belgacem, Faker; Bernardi, Christine

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Tome 47 (2013) no. 6, pp. 1797-1820.

We consider the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a rigid homogeneous porous medium provided with mixed boundary conditions. Since the boundary pressure can present high variations, the permeability of the medium also depends on the pressure, so that the model is nonlinear. A posteriori estimates allow us to omit this dependence where the pressure does not vary too much. We perform the numerical analysis of a spectral element discretization of the simplified model. Finally we propose a strategy which leads to an automatic identification of the part of the domain where the simplified model can be used without increasing significantly the error.

Classification : 76S05, 65N35
Mots clés : Darcy's equations, spectral elements, a posteriori analysis

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